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Is 5.9(176) a median height?

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garfild
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Posted on Dec 31, 2018, 12:18 pm
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Everywhere i go in the internet i meet only sentence about "average" but is it the same as a median? If not what is the real median
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IwannaBeTaller
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Posted on Dec 31, 2018, 2:33 pm
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Height follows a normal distribution, which means that the average and the median are the same. As for 5'9'', that would be considered slightly below the median in some countries, about the median in other countries, and even a little above the median in yet another set of countries.
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Josh3101367
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Posted on Jan 5, 2019, 4:44 pm
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Depends totally on the country like the poster above said. A 5'9 guy in my country,  where the average is 5'7... is considered tall in here.
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ramaka
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Posted on Jan 6, 2019, 3:16 am
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It’s average in the U.K.

I’m from Ireland where the average height is 5’7

Hawaii is 5’7 so there 5’9 would be considered tall so yea it varies from country to country .
Put it like this in Germany and Holland it’s actually below average I believe their average height varies between 5’11-6’0 in males and 5’7-5’9 in women so I’m guessing we all wish we were either German or Dutch on this forum.
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d123123asd
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Posted on Jan 13, 2019, 8:53 pm
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I'd say it's reasonable to consider it average, you're not short, you're not tall, so, average. If you feel short I recommend you to leave forums where people talk about height, on these you'll find out that average height nowadays is 6'5...
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7231
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Posted on Jan 17, 2019, 3:57 am
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5'9 is average and definitely higher than world median which is lower because of high population of earth is in Asia.
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Astronomy
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Posted on Feb 13, 2019, 8:53 pm
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Man the discussion makes no sense without realizing relevant standards of diff. countries.
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myloginacc
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Posted on Feb 13, 2019, 10:10 pm
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Quote from: Adam Levine on February 13, 2019, 08:53:49 PMMan the discussion makes no sense without realizing relevant standards of diff. countries.


Yeah. 5'9 is above average if we're talking about our species as a whole.
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Hex
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Posted on Feb 14, 2019, 1:20 am
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Yep, i'm 6ft and more the more tall 80% of places
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Canon
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Posted on Mar 10, 2019, 6:59 am
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I am 6 feet 1 and from Germany. Feel slightly taller than the average.
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